My Favorite Cookbooks

My newest addition to my cookbook collections

 I do love cookbooks.  I love to buy them.  I love to rent them from the library.  I love to read them and try new recipes.  I do actually get most of my recipes now from the internet - mostly blogs and Food.com or AllRecipes.com, but I still love to hold cookbooks in my hand.


I have some cookbooks that I only use a few recipes from but I don't want to part with them.  I have a few that I rarely use but feel like I might someday such as the Sneaky Chef, Deceptively Delicious and Once a Month Cooking.

I do actually only keep the cookbooks that fit into my little cabinet above my stove.  If I get more than will fit in my cabinet, then out one of them goes.

I keep A LOT of recipes in my two three-ring binders.  I have the white one which contains mostly freezer friendly recipes.  My green one contains all of my recipes.  I three whole punch some and I put some in plastic sleeves.

I have my home preservation books as well.  I love my Ball Blue Book of Canning and my Home Preserving.

Although by far my most favorite cookbook that I have is my Little House Cookbook.  I love this book.  I could read the recipes over and over again.  It is so wonderfully written.

Today my sweet husband bought me three new cookbooks at Half Price Books.  I found The Original Fannie Farmer 1896 Cook Book (The Boston Cooking School) and I cannot wait to read it!

I also purchased The Healthy Bread in 5 Minutes a Day since I have already renewed it from the library twice.

Finally, I bought Putting Food By because I have heard such good things about it.

I have my Rival Crock Pot cookbook and my church cook book from my husband's home church.

I also have one guilty pleasure cookbook - Skinny Italian.  I bought it after I saw that she canned over 100 cans of tomato sauce and was just curious about it.  Turns out it is a very interesting book with several good recipes although I can't completely recommend it.

And finally, I love the book Super Baby Food.  It is a great book for how to start out feeding babies although I think it could be organized better, but it is not just a baby food book.  It has a lot of great homemade recipes for snacks and other things.

Again, I don't always rely on my cookbooks but I like knowing they are there.  How about you?  What are some of your favorite cookbooks?